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Sir Jeffrey Armiger

Nearly 1000 officer cadets and midshipmen from the Australian Defence Force Academy show their support to Invictus Games 2018 at University of New South Wales, Canberra. Photo by John Carroll.
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The best laid plans of mice and flag raisers

21/08/201810/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3673 Views 0 Comments Mice and men, Sir Jeffrey Armiger

Last Friday, 17 August, was a well-planned day in the countdown to Invictus Games Sydney. Hundreds of moving parts –

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A minister with little to say ;-)

06/08/201806/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2920 Views 0 Comments

The screen-grab above is the substance of a press release received by CONTACT this morning – obviously from a minister

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RAAF personnel load an ATM-84J Harpoon on to the port wing of a P-8A Poseidon in Hawaii during RIMPAC – with a second missile visible in the foreground. Other photos show the same personnel loading a Harpoon onto the starboard-wing pylon – indicating that the aircraft was loaded with two missiles. All Defence reporting of this flight talks about a Harpoon missile in the singular. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.
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RAAF caught shooting blanks at a live-fire range practice!!!

27/07/201814/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6986 Views 3 Comments ATM-84J, Harpoon, P-8A Poseidon, USS Racine

“Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom,” is a familiar question to older cartoon lovers. It

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Expensive, long-winded trial to study what should be CDF

30/05/201830/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3872 Views 3 Comments Therapy Dogs